6829. Take Me, O My Father, Take Me

1. Take me, O my Father, take me;
Take me, save me, through Thy Son;
That which Thou wouldst have me, make me,
Let Thy will in me be done.
Long from Thee my footsteps straying,
Thorny proved the way I trod;
Weary come I now, and praying,
Take me to Thy love, my God.

2. Fruitless years with grief recalling,
Humbly I confess my sin;
At Thy feet, O Father, falling,
To Thy household take me in.
Freely now to Thee I proffer
This relenting heart of mine;
Freely life and love I offer,
Gift unworthy love like Thine.

3. Once the world’s Redeemer, dying,
Bore our sins upon the tree;
On that sacrifice relying,
Now I look in hope to Thee:
Father, take me; all forgiving,
Fold me to Thy loving breast;
In Thy love forever living
I must be forever blest.

Text Information
First Line: Take me, O my Father, take me
Title: Take Me, O My Father, Take Me
Author: Ray Palmer (1864)
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: VESPER HYMN (Stevenson)
Composer: John Stevenson (1818)
Meter: 87.87 D
Incipit: 35453 52535 42171
Key: D Major
Source: A Se­lect­ion of Pop­u­lar Na­tion­al Airs, by John A. Ste­ven­son, 1818
Copyright: Public Domain



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